I love my country. I’ve spent years away from my family and the comforts of home to pursue her interests. And I’ve taken the time to understand her history, her cultures and […]
What We Stand For
Fierce
It’s not close. Our women, American women, are better than yours. At least as far as international athletic competitions go they are. When the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio concluded, American […]
Best Intentions
The Vision That’s how it starts. That’s how anything you do on purpose, that matters, starts- with a vision. The vision isn’t the work or the good breaks or the tough luck […]
Party of Dignity and Strength
Nate Silver of Fivethirtyeight Blog reported this weekend that Donald Trump presently trails Hillary Clinton in the polls by a margin not duplicated since the 1984 election. Which means that the gap […]
A Rational Criticism of the Candidacy of Secretary Clinton
I’ll admit it. I’ve been pretty lazy in my criticism of Secretary Clinton. I find her opponent so personally objectionable that I haven’t been able to focus enough of my outrage and […]
Left Behind
How did they get this way? It’s the question you can’t avoid asking when you see it-hundreds of them, all ages, men, women, even children. Every race. It’s hopelessness smeared across the […]
Running Scared
So there you have it. The Republican National Convention is underway. The conservative conscience of our country is speaking-at least some part of it. And though it may be easy for those […]
American Ruin
26 years ago I saw something I couldn’t un-see. And now, it’s on a collision course with the rest of America.
After the Flood
America is waking up to the results of our political discourse, and responding to it the same way that got us here.
The Pledge
The most powerful line in the Declaration, is one few know and few ever say.
